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The seventh day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... were set to zero without income-generating employment. Isn't this America's current problem? In Europe, the European Central Bank has just concluded their monetary gabfest and decided to keep interest rates at 1.25 per cent. That's good. But not so fast ...

Treasury Group appoints CEO

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... founding partner of Crescent Capital, a successful mid-market private equity firm. He also held senior roles with Macquarie Bank and was a strategy consultant with LEK Partnership. He has a strong track record in mergers and acquisitions and corporate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
The Australian stock market was firmer at noon, as negative offshore leads gave way to improved investor sentiment after the release of domestic jobs data for May. At 1205 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 17.2 points, or 0.38 per cent, at ...

Coalition adopts ALP super clearing house model

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
The Coalition has adopted the ALP's superannuation clearing house policy as their preferred way to simplify contribution payments for small businesses. Under the morphed policy, the Coalition has proposed small business employers send superannuation ...

Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... themselves up into a tizzy worrying over the future of global growth - because that future is bad. It's so bad that the World Bank downgraded its world growth forecast for this year by an astounding, off the edge of your seats, eye-watering 0.1 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... 26.18 points (0.97 per cent) at 2,675.38. The Federal Reserve's latest survey on economic conditions in all of the central bank's districts showed overall activity "generally continued to expand" since April, but the Beige Book report cited trouble spots ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... Stock Report's head of research, Geoff Saffer, said the local market fell after bouncing higher on Tuesday, when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) delivered less hawkish comments on the economy and left the overnight cash rate unchanged at 4.75 per ...

MLC MasterKey platform revamped

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... Super and Pension Fundamentals investment menu and users are now able to see competitive returns relative to the Reserve Bank of Australia's Cash Rate Target. "We listened to feedback and have delivered changes to increase the functionality of MasterKey's ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... with investors interpreting his statement as not too dovish enough. More so when President of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank Richard Fisher announced at an interview on CNBC that he would oppose any suggestion at QE3. I'm not so sure for I've learnt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... In Australia on Tuesday, the Australian share market closed marginally lower despite investors being buoyed by the central bank's largely unchanged outlook for the domestic economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 2.8 points, or 0.06 per cent, to ...